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Nintendo relies on third parties for mature content; asks gamers for support
BY Brian Dahlquist Mar. 20th, 2010 More on:

It should come as no surprise, but Nintendo wants you to buy more of their games — more specifically the mature titles.

Speaking with MTV, public relation phenom Reggie Fils-Aimé talked out about why he thinks third-party devs need to continue to put mature titles out for their systems and why gamers need to start opening their wallets and not just their mouths.

“It’s a priority for us bringing a range of entertainment,” he said. “It’s a priority for us to have a range of third party licensees see success on the platform. It’s a priority for us to make sure that every consumer has content that they’re going to enjoy.”

“Now, the challenge for us is that we, ourselves, Nintendo, don’t create that type of content. We’re not experts at it. Our developers don’t particularly enjoy making that content. They probably could make stellar content, if they chose to. [Miyamoto and Halo anyone?] We choose to do something else. So it really is up to the third party developer to create that great content and bring it to life on the platform.”

Fils-Aimé then went on to list a variety of mature games that were solid titles but just didn’t perform in the marketplace, such as The Conduit and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. His advice to consumers is “go out there and buy it and support it” if you want to see more of it.

This pep talk comes after the wake of big name publishers such as Sega and EA having discontent with the way mature titles were performing on the Wii.

Give me Eternal Darkness 2 and I will have no problem showing my support.

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    1. “Give me Eternal Darkness 2 and I will have no problem showing my support.”
      Even it’s a bad game ? :P…

      ED2 might not be there, but Silent Hill is there, and is really really good, so why looking for something that does not exist and might be bad when you have something that does and is actually good (the best SH in years for some…)

      Nico
    2. Maybe if you guys didn’t Alienate longtime fans then I’d buy some games for your consoles. I wouldn’t be surprised if for your next console you’re gonna be like “Oh it plays DVDs now! And you can also get STAMPS for doing certain things in games.”

      SexyRandal105
    3. couldn’t agree more, Brian, Eternal Darkness was excellent. i still hold a torch for it’s sequel.

      carg0
    4. I loved Shattered Memories as well Nico, but Eternal Darkness’ insanity effects left a lasting impression on me and makes me wonder why more games didn’t try to copy that element. But yeah, if they released ED2 and it sucked then I wouldn’t be too happy. It would still get my $50 on day of release though :)

      Brian
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